mirrorless
English
Etymology
From mirror + -less.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪɹələs/
Adjective
mirrorless (not comparable)
- Without a mirror.
- (rare) Not mirrored; unreflective.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 47:
- one would discover in her eyes, large, protruding and clear, that mirrorless look of polished metals which report not so much the object as the movement of the object.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 47:
Noun
mirrorless (plural mirrorlesses)
- (photography) A mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, similar to a digital SLR, but usually made smaller by incorporating an electronic viewfinder instead of a mirror and prism.
Synonyms
- compact system camera, CSC
- mirrorless system camera, MSC
- digital single lens mirrorless, DSLM
- digital interchangeable-lens system camera
- electronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens, EVIL